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diligentchaos

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Registered: 2012-11-27

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[SOLVED] wpa_supplicant after arch install

my university uses 8021x security (peap & mschapv2 authentication). During the arch install, I was able to connect via ethernet by editing the /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf file.

I tried the same process when I rebooted into my system for the first time, only to find that wpa_supplicant was not installed. I was wondering if there would be any way to manually install wpa_supplicant? I can't install through pacman because I don't have an internet connection to begin with.

I'm thinking I need to manually build the wpa_supplicant package but I don't know how to go about doing it. Or would I be able to install wpa_supplicant and the other tools (wireless_tools, wpa_actiond, dialog) while still in the live install environment?

Last edited by diligentchaos (2012-11-27 20:16:35)

swordfish

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Registered: 2012-01-14

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Re: [SOLVED] wpa_supplicant after arch install

Or would I be able to install wpa_supplicant and the other tools (wireless_tools, wpa_actiond, dialog) while still in the live install environment?

Yes, you can do this. Just start the live environment (from a cd or a usb stick), chroot into your installed system and use pacman to install wpa_supplicant and the other packages, like

# pacman -S wireless_tools wpa_supplicant wpa_actiond dialog

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Alber

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From: Spain - España

Registered: 2011-11-11

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Re: [SOLVED] wpa_supplicant after arch install

I think you can use pascstrap too. Just it's another way.
Follow the steps mounting partitions as a new installation. And install the packages.

pacstrap -i /mnt wireless_tools wpa_supplicant wpa_actiond dialog

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/In … ase_system
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Be … ase_system

Edit:
Booting from Install media.

Last edited by Alber (2012-11-27 12:26:08)

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diligentchaos

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Registered: 2012-11-27

Posts: 12

Re: [SOLVED] wpa_supplicant after arch install

Thanks guys, chroot-ing into my installed system worked.